By Aduragbemi Omiyale
A user-friendly and scalable low-code platform designed to build and deploy custom Internet of Things (IoT) solutions has been introduced by a global technology company, Zoho Corporation.
The platform is built with robust security measures, ensuring data privacy and compliance with global standards, a statement from the firm said.
The Zoho IoT fully integrates with Zoho’s existing suite of applications, providing enhanced visibility and control. Its compatibility with third-party hardware allows for quick integration into existing infrastructures, enabling businesses to scale rapidly as they grow.
It features advanced AI capabilities, allowing business users to develop powerful custom solutions more efficiently.
Leveraging Zoho IoT’s AI capabilities, businesses can transform data into actionable insights, predict system outages, identify anomalies or forecast trends, optimise operations, and enhance customer experiences, the company stated.
The platform efficiently gathers and manages data from IoT devices in real-time, providing businesses with valuable insights and streamlined operational analysis. Its user-friendly features enable organisations to automate processes and make informed, data-driven decisions without requiring extensive technical skills.
Its AI capabilities convert data into actionable insights, allowing for the prediction of system outages, detection of anomalies, trend forecasting, operational optimization, and improved customer experiences.
The Zoho IoT offers pre-built solutions for different industries, such as Industrial IoT (users can track and manage shop floor productivity and machine uptime while reducing maintenance and repairs of high capital assets), Smart Buildings (provides users a unified system to manage and monitor assets, tenants, energy, and facilities), Energy Management (users can control energy usage by monitoring consumption patterns and enabling efficiency measures).
The platform also offers end-to-end capabilities and integrations with offerings like Point Solutions (for remote management and control, enabling operational visibility and allowing businesses to solve specific challenges such as gas monitoring, water leakage monitoring, and indoor air quality management) and Connected OEMs (businesses can boost efficiency, enable real-time data insights and remote monitoring with smart products and connected OEMs, providing it as a value-added service).
“The IoT landscape has long been dominated by developer-centric platforms and industry-specific solutions,” the Country Head for Zoho Nigeria, Mr Kehinde Ogundare, said.
“Zoho IoT addresses this by offering full customisation and interoperability, making it easier for businesses to adopt and benefit from IoT.
“The platform goes beyond basic data collection—ensuring every data point is converted into actionable insights that drive organisational connectivity,” he added.
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